Thuellai Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 (edited) Not the explorer, the man-portable nuclear recoilless rifle, as seen in Metal Gear Solid 3 and real life. Based on Wikipedia's information, the warhead weighed about 50 pounds [an assembled and loaded Davy Crockett weighed about seventy-five, which makes me estimate about a 25 lbs. weight for the launcher itself] with the thing having a relatively low nuclear yield between 10t-1kt in test models and a maximum range of 1.5-2.5 miles. I could see it either as a long-range mini-nuke launcher that fires straight as opposed to the Fatman's lobbing at the cost of increased weight and required explosives skill, or firing a new nuclear ordinance of its own with even more strength/radius but considerable weight and rarity - a real town-killer. I'd be willing to leave that up to the discretion of anyone who would help me with it. Whatever they think would be easier/more fun. Attached is a picture of the launcher and warhead mounted on a tripod. Given the weight, a high Strength requirement would probably make sense. According to the article, it's about 30 inches long and 11 inches diameter at the widest point, to help with scale and modeling. Edited June 28, 2012 by Thuellai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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